Dear Imaginary Friends,
Sometimes, a painting looks pretty rough the first day. Here you can see the first two stages of this particular landscape of River Farms Mansion.
I painted a demo painting in one hour at Del Ray Artisans Gallery during last weekend's Arts On The Avenue.
The weather was terrible, but you know the saying of artists worldwide: neither snow, nor sleet, nor darkness of night...shall deter us on our way.
Oh, wait. That's the post office.
Well, there you go. Sometimes, the painting must pass through an initial or middle stage in which it seems ill-fated, shall we say. Artists sometimes call that time frame "the tunnel of ugly."
Please have faith that it will one day -- in the next 30 days or so -- pass into the realm of well-done.
Yours very truly,
